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The song began life as a demo keyboardist Ian Stanley put together while Roland and Curt were promoting The Hurting. He, as he put it himself. 'started messing around with drum machines and stuff'. When Roland and Curt returned he suggested it to them. Roland decided to use the demo for the quiet part of the song, only adding a melody for Curt's vocals. As many songs at that time, he took it from there. The Spanish chanting, which takes up the second part of the song .

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About this song

Credited to
Tears For Fears
Album
Songs From The Big Chair (Super Deluxe Edition) · Track 8 of 54
Released
February 25, 1985
Duration
6:53
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